Chapter 2: Catfish Club
Hey everyone I'm back, for those of you who asked when this takes place I decided it would be during Ariel's Beginning, as for when Stich will come in don't worry you'll see him soon. I'd also like to give a shout out to my friend Nitro Zeus who has been helping me write this. I hope you like what I have planned. So please Review and Enjoy.
In the back storage, Leo was freaking out over his sudden transformation. Looking at his hands and then his feet Leo backs up to the wall and feels the fin sticking out of his back. "How did this happen?!" Looking around he saw the mirror laying on the ground. "What did you do to me?!" Leo screams into the mirror.
"Hey you want to keep it down in there! Some of us are trying to sleep!" A voice said.
"Uh sorry." Leo said before pausing. "Wait a minute, this lab is closed. Everyone left to go home." Eyes widening, he peeked down the hall, but didn't see anything except the fish in the tanks.
Picking up the crowbar he used to open the crate he held it like a bat as he made his way out.
"Who's there? Show yourself?" Leo called out.
"Whoa, what the heck are you supposed to be?" The voice said getting his attention.
"Who said that?" Leo asks looking around.
"I did. Look in the tank you freak." Leo looks down to see a blue fish looking directly at him.
"I must be losing my mind." Leo said holding his head.
"That would explain the shark fin." The fish said causing Leo to scream alerting all the fish in the room to look at him and they started talking loudly.
Looking around all the loud noises caused Leo to snap. "Everyone just SHUT UP!" Leo yells causing all the fish to stop as he drops to the ground in a fetal position. "I don't know what happened to me. I'm scared and I don't know what to do."
The blue fish looks at him curiously. "Wait a minute…Leo?" Immediately all the fish gasp and look at him in shock.
"You know who I am?" Leo asks surprised.
"Of course, I do, you take care of all of us. You feed us, make us feel better." The blue fish said as all the fish nodded in agreement.
"What happened to you?" An orange fish asked.
"I don't know. I-I picked up this mirror and when I read the writing on it, I became like this." Leo said holding up the mirror when he remembered the words that appeared on it. "Does the name Atlantica mean anything?" Leo asks causing them to gasp. "I guess that's a yes." Turning to the blue fish Leo looks to see he was to be released back in the ocean tomorrow. "Please I can't face my family like this, do you know anything about this Atlantica?" Leo begs.
"You helped me when I was in danger, so I guess it only makes sense that I repay that debt." The blue fish said causing Leo to smile.
A few minutes later…
"I gotta do what?" Leo asks standing outside the lab by the ocean with the blue fish's tank in his hands.
"Look just drop me in the water and I'll lead you to Atlantica. Relax, remember you have gills so you can breathe underwater." It said as Leo emptied the tank allowing it to go back in the ocean.
Taking a deep breath Leo puts the tank down and jumps into the ocean. As water surrounded him he opened his eyes to see the sea life all around him, but he didn't need to hold his breath.
"Whoa." Leo said in awe. 'Dad if you could see this.'
"Hey Leo follow me." The blue fish said swimming ahead of him.
Looking at his webbed hands and feet he attaches the mirror to his side before swimming after him, but he was swimming faster than he ever had before with just his normal arms and legs.
After swimming for a half hour they were on the outskirts of an underwater city causing Leo's jaw to drop in awe.
"Is that?" Leo asks blown away.
"Atlantica. Good luck Leo." The fish said swimming away.
"Hey wait! Who should I ask about this mirror?!" Leo asks.
"Find Sebastian! He'll help you!" The fish said before disappearing in the water.
"Sebastian huh?" Leo looks at the mirror. "Let's just hope he knows how I can be me again…wait a minute I don't even know what this Sebastian looks like! UGH!" Leo groans when suddenly he heard something nearby.
Looking over he saw a small yellow fish with blue stripes. This was Flounder.
"Live from the Catfish Club, it's Flounder!" He said mimicking a crowd cheering and then doing an air guitar before making music come from the coral causing Leo to chuckle.
"Hey you!" Leo calls out startling him. "Yeah you doing the air guitar. Think you can help me out?"
"What? No I wasn't!" Flounder panics.
"What? It wasn't the worse thing I've ever seen you looked like you were having fun." Leo said when suddenly two swordfish swam near them pointing their sharp noses at them. "Uh someone mind telling me why we are at swordpoint?"
"You are in violation of Triton's Law!"
"All forms of music is forbidden within the kingdom!"
"Wait what?" Leo asks surprised.
"You there, what seas do you venture from?" A swordfish ask looking at Leo.
"He's clearly not of this kingdom." The other said when Leo got an idea.
"You're right, I'm not and this has just been a huge misunderstanding. You see I've come a long way to see this place and my friend here was cleaning the coral when I stopped to talk to him, right buddy? We were talking not making music." Leo asks nudging Flounder.
"Huh? Oh yeah, that's exactly what happened. Now if you'll excuse me I promised my friend I'd show him." Flounder said.
"Very well but consider this your first and only warning outsider." They said before swimming off allowing Leo and Flounder to sigh in relief.
"That was way too close. I'm too young for the slammer." Flounder said.
"What kind of nutjob bans music?" Leo asks.
"Uh King Triton." Flounder said causing Leo's eyes to widen.
'Wait King Triton is real? I thought he was just a story.' Leo thought when Flounder nudged him.
"Hey thanks for saving me back there. I'm Flounder."
"Leo."
"So Leo, what are you doing all the way out here?" Flounder asks.
"I'm looking for someone named Sebastian, I need his help." Leo said.
"Oh I know where he is, he goes to the Catfish Club every night." Flounder said.
"Can you take me to him?" Leo asks.
"Sure. Follow me." Flounder said leading Leo towards the Kelp Forest, but little did they know someone was watching them.
Making their way to the entrance Flounder looks around to make sure they weren't being followed and then whistles causing the kelp to part allowing them to swim through. Swimming down to the bottom of the kelp they reaches a cluster of rocks but Flounder taps the rocks in a certain pattern allowing the rocks to open.
"Wow, this Sebastian guy is really private." Leo said.
"No he just likes a certain crowd with him at this time of night, trust me he's not so bad." Flounder said as they approached a door. "Flippity flop and slide with the tide."
"This joint is jumpin." A voice said.
"It's time to glide." Flounder said as the door opened for them.
Swimming in Leo saw what a cave full of so many different kinds of sea life.
"You just wait over there, the show's about to start." Flounder said.
"Uh okay." Leo said as when suddenly some music started up revealing this to be a music club.
As Leo sits back to enjoy the show something fell from above and crashes into him knocking him to the ground. "Ow." He groans.
"Oh I'm so sorry." A female voice said.
Looking up Leo was face to face with a beautiful mermaid girl with long red hair, a green tail and a purple seashell bikini, this was Ariel.
She was the first mermaid Leo had ever and needless to say she had taken his breath away.
"Uh hi." Leo said offering her a hand.
"Hi." Ariel said reaching to take it.
As he helped her up the two of them looked into each other's eyes and for a split second, they were lost in them when the band turned up the music.
Shake, shake, shake, Senora
Shake your body line
Shake, shake, shake, Senora
Shake it all the time
Work, work, work, Senora
Work your body line
Work, work, work, Senora
Work it all the time
Leo looks at Ariel and saw her looking at the music like it was the most amazing thing in the world.
"Sea Kelp! Nice and salty." Flounder said passing around kelp for fish to snack on.
"Flounder!" Ariel calls out causing him to drop the kelp in shock.
"Ariel?!" He gasps turning around to see her waving at him. "Oh no!" He said swimming towards them. "Leo we gotta go!"
"What why?" Leo asks when suddenly a curtain pulls up to reveal a small red crab.
"Sebastian?!" Ariel said quickly grabbing Leo and hiding behind.
"Sebastian?" Leo said looking over surprised.
My girl's name is Senora
I tell you, friends, I adore her
"Sebastain?" Leo and Ariel said at the same time.
When she dances, oh, brother
She's a hurricane in all kinds of weather
Jump in the line
Rock your body in time
Ok, I believe you
Both Ariel and Leo drop their mouths in shock but Flounder closes them.
"Sebastian." He smirks.
Jump in the line
Rock your body in time
As everyone in the room grabs maracas Flounder holds up two for Leo and Ariel who shrug before joining in.
Shake, shake, shake, Senora
Shake your body line
Work, work, work, Senora
Work it all the time
Jump in the line
Unable to hold her excitement Ariel swims up to the stage.
"Ariel don't!" Flounder said but she didn't hear him.
"Hey Sebastian, love your club." Ariel said causing Sebastian to freak out and fall to the ground.
Immediately all the fish panic as an octopus squirted a cloud of ink so they all could run away.
"Wait! I won't tell anyone I promise!" Ariel said but the only ones that remained were Leo and Flounder causing her to sigh. As she was about to leave her fins touched the strings on what appeared to be a guitar, giggling she played with all the other instruments before making her way to the piano.
Under the bright blue
Endless Sky
Wait, I remember that
How I know that song
I remember sitting in the moonlight
And that feeling
What's that feeling?
I remember, yes
How I know that song
Though it's been so long
I remember happiness
Without a floor or ceiling
What's that feeling?
I remember La La La La La La La
As she sang Leo thought she had the most beautiful voice as the fish came out of hiding and joined her on stage.
Oh! I remember her
And how we were
I remember wanting
What the evening would be bringing
I remember singing
Under the bright blue
Endless sky
Waves try to measure the days
That we treasure
And I
I remember
I remember music
And I'm never going back
To the silent law they wrote
I will sing in every tempo
Every last chromatic note
For I, I remember her
I remember music
And I remember
Love
"This can't happen!" Sebastian said but Ariel continued to sing. "Your father is the King!"
Loveeeee
Sebastian looks at Ariel's smiling face and knew he couldn't win. "Swifty." He said calling in a blue fish.
"Do you promise to jump, jive, whale, groove, rock, steady and all times lend a helping hand to all your fellow music lovers?" Swify asks as Ariel raises her hand.
"I do." Ariel said excited.
"And I do too." Sebastian looks over to see Leo raising his hand like Ariel and everyone looked at this him in surprise and curiosity never seeing anything like him before.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Sebastian asks as Flounder swam up.
"He saved me, the guards almost caught me but he helped me." Flounder said.
"Is that so?" Sebastian asks.
"Uh Sebastian was it? I've come a long way to find you because I need your help." Leo said getting everyone's attention including Ariel's.
"I see, very well what is the matter?" Sebastian asks as Leo reached to his side and pulled out the mirror causing his eyes to widen. "I don't believe, I thought that was lost years ago." He scuttles over to Leo who hands him the mirror
"You know what this is?" Leo asks.
"This…was Queen Athena's Magic Mirror." Sebastian said as Ariel's eyes widen in shock as she looks to the mirror and then to Leo.